Weather-guard.



No. 848,882. PATEN'TED APR. 2, 190v. B. L. GHA-RROIN.

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EUGENE L. CHARROIN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

WEATHER-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed March 14, 1906. Serial No, 306,042.

To all ZU7I/0777/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. CHARnoIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feather-Guards, of which. the followin is a specification.

p The present invention relates to improvements in weather-guards, those shown being particularly adapted for use in connection with sash and serving to accurately close the spaces between the stiles of the sash and the adjacent sides of the window-frame.

A further object is to so construct tle weather-guards that they will serve to hold the sash in sliding engagement with the windowframe.

Other apparent objects will be made manifest in the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a window-frame having upper and lower sash therein, the latter having been swung on their pivots and parts of the frame and sash being broken away. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, with the two sash swung to their normal or vertical positions, the upper sash being closed and having its weather-guard partly, in section and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in vertical section, showing the lower sash partly elevated in the window-frame.

Reference-numeral 1 indicates the windowframe formed in the inner faces of its side walls with ways or grooves 2, and 3 designates the upper and lower sash.

The sash and window-frame can be formed of metal or of wood. I have, however, shown them as constructed of metal, and in the stiles of the sash grooves or channels 4 are formed, said grooves or channels extending inwardly from the outer edges of said stiles and registering with the respective grooves 2 of the window frame. Referonce-numerals 5 indicate weather-guards seated in said grooves or channels 4 and projecting into the adjacent grooves 2 of the window-frame, whereby the sash is slidably mounted in the window-frame and held against displacement.

Each weather-guard 5 is formed of two semicylindrical hollow sections 5, formed, preferably, of sheet metal and pivoted together by a pin 6, whereby one sectionjcan cent sides of the window-frame.

turn freely on the other, and one of these sections is formed with upper and lower slots 5, through which pins 5, secured to the sash, project, said pins 5 serving to hold the weather-guard to the sash, but allowing it to rotate bodily, as will-hereinafter be explained.

The contiguous walls of the sections 5 are preferably corrugated, (see Fig. 2,) the raised portions or beads on one section normally engaging in the grooves of the other section, and thereby holding the sash against accidental swinging. When, however, a person attempts to tilt or swing the sash, the contiguous walls of the sections of the respective weather-guards give or are sprung slightly to allow the beads of those sections swinging with the sash riding out of the grooves of the other sections, and when the sash is swung or tilted it is held in its adjusted position by the resiliency of the contiguous walls of the sections 5 which cause their respective beads to bind one on the other, as is apparent by reference to Fig. 1.

Now with the construction thus far described either sash can be raised and lowered as the usual sliding sash now universally em ployed, and after having been slid to an open position said sash can also be swung to assume angular positions with respect to the window-frame. (See Fig. 1.)

In order that the sash can swing, the sections of the respective weather-guards must obviously have their adjacent faces in alinement with the spaces or cavities between the stiles of the sash and the side of the windowframe, and unless this registering of the spaces between the sections of guards 5 with the spaces between the sash-stiles and the sides of the window-frame can be broken when the sash is closed weather-proof joints at these points will not be had. Therefore I form those sections of the weather-guards 5 of the lower sash which slide in the grooves 2 of the window-frame at their lower portions with cam-slots 8, in which pins 9, secured to the window-frame, are receivedand ride as the sash is lowered to cause the weatherguards to be rotated, whereby the spaces be tween the sections of the respective guards are moved out of registration with the spaces between the stiles of the sash and the adj a- The pins 9, just mentioned, are arranged, preferably, near the window-sill just at a sufficient distance thereabove to insure the proper turning of the guards before the sash reaches its lower limit of movement. hen the sash is raised, said weather-guards 5 are obviously rotated back to the first position mentioned, and when said guards are clear of the pins 9 the sash can be swung on their pivots 6, as heretofore described.

The guards of the upper sash are arranged in identically the same manner as those of the lower sash; but those sections thereof engaging in grooves 2 of the window-frame have their upper portions formed with the cam-slots 8, thereby differing slightly in this structural feature from the guards of said lower sash, and pins 9, which engage in these slots 8, are secured to the window-frame ad jacent its upper portion, so as to insure rotation of said guards when the sash is raised or lowered Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a window-frame, a sash therein, said sash being formed in the outer portions of opposite sides with grooves, and said window-frame being formed in con tiguous sides with grooves registering there with, and weather-guards each projecting into a groove of the sash and window-frame respectively and formed of sections pivoted together, and means to effect rotationof said weather-guards.

2. In combination with a window-frame, a sash therein, said sash having its stiles formed with grooves registering with grooves in the contiguous sides of the window-frame, and means formed of sections pivoted together arranged between the stiles of the sash and the adjacent sides of the window-frame and projecting into the grooves thereof, whereby the sash is mounted for vertical sliding and swinging movement.

3. In combination with a window-frame a sash therein, weather-guards secured in the stiles of said sash and slidably engaging in I the adjacent sides of the window-frame, said weather-guards being formed in sections pivoted together whereby swinging of said sash is permitted, and means whereby said guards are bodily rotated, thereby breaking the registration of the spaces between the respective sections thereof with the spaces be,- tween the stiles of the sash and the adjacent sides of the window-frame.

a. In combination with a window-frame, a sash therein, weather-guards in the stiles of said sash, said guards being formed in sections pivoted together, one section being secured in the stile of the sash and the other slidably engaging in the adjacent side of the windowframe, and means to rotate said guards by movement of the sash.

5. In combination with a window-frame, a sash therein, opposite rotatable weatherguards formed in sections pivoted together and one section of each guard being received in the adj acont stiles of the sash and the other sections slidably engaging in the sides of the window-frame and being formed with camslots, and means secured to the windowframe and arranged to engage in said camslots, for the purpose specified.

6. In combination with a window-fran1e,a sash therein, opposite weather-guards formed of hollow metal sections having their adj acent walls corrugated thereby providing interlockingportions, one section of each weather-guard being secured in the adjacent stile of the sash, and the other sections being slidably engaged in the window-frame.

7. A weather-guard formed of a plurality of sections pivoted together so that one sec tion can be swung on the other.

Signed at Seattle, \Vashington, this 5th day of March, 1906.

EUGENE L. CI-IARROIN.

itnesses GEO. R. TENNANT,

ARLITA ADAMS. 

